An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England.

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Intro; Contents; Preface*; Chapter 1; Growth of the Nation to the Middle of the Fourteenth Century; The Geography of England; Prehistoric Britain; Roman Britain; Early Saxon England; Danish and Late Saxon England; The Period following the Norman Conquest; The Period of the Early Angevin Kings, 1154-1338; Chapter 2; Rural Life and Organization; The Mediaeval Village; The Vill as an Agricultural System; Classes of People on the Manor; The Manor Courts; The Manor as an Estate of a Lord; Bibliography; General Works.

These Two Works are of Especial Value for the Organization of the Manor Courts and the Legal Condition of the PopulationSources; Discussions of the Origin of the Manor; Chapter 3; Town Life and Organization; The Town Government; The Gild Merchant; The Craft Gilds; Non-Industrial Gilds; Bibliography; Chapter 4; Mediaeval Trade and Commerce; Markets and Fairs; Trade Relations between Towns; Foreign Trading Relations; The Italian and Eastern Trade; The Flanders Trade and the Staple; The Hanse Trade; Foreigners Settled in England; Bibliography; Chapter 5.

The Black Death and The Peasants' Rebellion: Economic Changes of the Later Fourteenth and Early Fifteenth CenturiesNational Affairs from 1338 to 1461; The Black Death and Its Effects; The Statutes of Laborers; The Peasants' Rebellion of 1381; Commutation of Services; The Abandonment of Demesne Farming; The Decay of Serfdom; Changes in Town Life and Foreign Trade; Bibliography; Chapter 6; The Breaking Up of the Mediaeval System: Economic Changes of the Later Fifteenth and the Sixteenth Centuries; National Affairs from 1461 to 1603; Enclosures; Internal Divisions in the Craft Gilds.

Change of Location of IndustriesThe Influence of the Government on the Gilds; General Causes and Evidences of the Decay of the Gilds; The Growth of Native Commerce; The Merchants Adventurers; Government Encouragement of Commerce; The Currency; Interest; Paternal Government; Bibliography; Chapter 7; The Expansion of England: Economic Changes of the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries; National Affairs from 1603 to 1760; The Extension of Agriculture; The Domestic System of Manufactures; Commerce under the Navigation Acts; Finance; Bibliography; Chapter 8.

The Period of the Industrial Revolution: Economic Changes of the Later Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth CenturiesNational Affairs from 1760 to 1830; The Great Mechanical Inventions; The Factory System; Iron, Coal, and Transportation; The Revival of Enclosures; Decay of Domestic Manufacture; The Laissez-Faire Theory; Cessation of Government Regulation; Individualism; Bibliography; Chapter 9; The Extension of Government Control: Factory Laws, the Modification of Land Ownership, Sanitary Regulations, and New Public Services; National Affairs from 1830 to 1900.

The Beginning of Factory Legislation.

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